Miller's birthplace, Clarinda, Iowa, holds the annual Glenn Miller Festival from June 9 -13, inviting visitors and bands from around the world to celebrate Glenn Miller's
music.

Glenn Miller's mother once worried about the large amount of time Glenn spent playing the trombone, saying, "It
got to where Pop and I used to wonder if he'd ever amount
to anything."

Glenn Miller and his wife, Helen, adopted two children,
a son, Stevie, and a daughter, Jonnie.

Glenn Miller tried to join the Navy in 1942, at the age
of 38, but was rejected. Afterward, he enlisted in the
Army Air Force.

While picking the 45 members of his Army Air Force Band,
Miller rejected Henry Mancini, a 19-year-old piano player.
Ten years later, Mancini wrote the title theme and arranged
the music for the film The Glenn Miller Story.